M and I are off to visit Purdue so it seems like a great day to share some more interesting reads.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know a thing about cricket, and I\u2019m guessing most of you don\u2019t, either. That doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t appreciate the ridiculousness of this story.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have never seen a scam like this. These guys just cleared a patch of land deep inside a village and began playing a match and beaming it on YouTube to make money through gambling. Even the local villagers were not aware of this. We know very little about the Russians who were putting bets on this game,\u201d Mr Rathod said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
India: How a fake \u2018IPL\u2019 cricket league ran for Russian punters<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI enjoyed this Q&A with Jack White. This quote stuck out to me:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve often felt sorry for people who have hit songs that they\u2019re forced to play in that exact same way for their entire lives or entire careers. There\u2019s definitely some goodness in there. But I always feel from the sidelines like, Oh, that\u2019s too bad<\/em>. You can\u2019t play around with that or people get their hearts broken because you\u2019re messing with a good thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I find that\u2019s true with certain artists: I would riot if Neil Finn, say, completely changed \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over.\u201d But for artists like White, who I expect experimentation from, if he totally ripped one of his classics apart and put it back together in a new way, I would be cool with it.<\/p>\n
Jack White on the Most Stubborn and Prophetic Music of His Career<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI think it is safe to say that Journey occupies a very different space in the music world than Jack White does. Journey is the epitome of corporate rock where White has built his entire career on challenging the norms of the music business.<\/p>\n
Journey was my favorite band in the early 1980s. I still hung onto some love for their music until the summer of 1992, when Pearl Jam, Nirvana, etc totally rocked my world and had me turning my back on much of the music I grew up on. I never really fell back in love with Journey, although I have grown to appreciate their rockers again.<\/p>\n
With that background, I find this piece a little cruel or, as my girls would say, extra. But it\u2019s still a fun read.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re probably not the most earnest rock band of all time \u2014 there are plenty of contenders for that title \u2014 but their combination of sincerity and emphaticness was emblematic of a rock era ruled by dudes with no chill. No wonder the music video for \u201cSeparate Ways\u201d is so spectacularly, awkwardly awful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n